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September 27, 2009

Getting taste of Big Apple

For five local women artists, the dream of showcasing their combined talents in the same neighborhood that has been an art hub in New York City for decades has come true.

Georgiana Cray Bart, Wilkes-Barre; Tobi Balin Grossman, Dallas; Alice Laputka, Conyngham; Anna Ostapiw, Courtdale; and Mary Louise Steinberg, Kingston, were recently awarded a space in The Broome Street Gallery. The artists’ work is the focal point of a new gallery show that runs for more than two weeks.

“Conversations: Images from an Artists’ Retreat” features art produced by the five women in a two-week span in 2007 at Soaring Gardens, an artist’s residency near Wyalusing.

Each artist incorporated ideas they brandished from and created at the retreat. Grossman worked with abstract found objects while Cray Bart, Laputka and Ostapiw focused on still life and trees. Steinberg worked with white-on-white collages.

The women were on hand Tuesday to supervise the installation of the gallery items, utilizing the provided space, making sure the layout suited their needs, Cray Bart said. There are 54 pieces being shown, with each accumulating between nine and 12 works.

Read the complete story in The Times Leader on Monday.

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